Toni Ciuraneta
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Hi guys.
During my forced ww inactivity I have become very interested in the art of the people from the north west coast of US. The Haidas, Tlingit, Tsimshian and others, I love their carvings and their depiction of different animals which are sacred to them. It was my intention to come over and visit their places, and at the same time pay a visit to Bill Satko as he´s near Vancouver.
As it has not been possible due to COVID-19, last august we went to stay for three weeks at my in laws, so knowing that we wouldn't do much but be there and stay with them so that they would not feel alone, I took some wood with me and I made this carving as a trial for another one that I want to make as a door.
The wood is bossé ( Guarea cedrata Pellegr.; G. laurentii De Wild ) I do not know its english name so I also put the technical one. It is a good smelling wood, and somewhat soft, but it has intertwined grain which makes it certain parts a nightmare to carve and leave a good gouge finishing as you get tear out no matter in whcih direction you cut.
Anyway, here is the result, next one is not going to be out of the same wood for sure. I finished it with tung oil. I apologize for tha bad quality of the pics.
During my forced ww inactivity I have become very interested in the art of the people from the north west coast of US. The Haidas, Tlingit, Tsimshian and others, I love their carvings and their depiction of different animals which are sacred to them. It was my intention to come over and visit their places, and at the same time pay a visit to Bill Satko as he´s near Vancouver.
As it has not been possible due to COVID-19, last august we went to stay for three weeks at my in laws, so knowing that we wouldn't do much but be there and stay with them so that they would not feel alone, I took some wood with me and I made this carving as a trial for another one that I want to make as a door.
The wood is bossé ( Guarea cedrata Pellegr.; G. laurentii De Wild ) I do not know its english name so I also put the technical one. It is a good smelling wood, and somewhat soft, but it has intertwined grain which makes it certain parts a nightmare to carve and leave a good gouge finishing as you get tear out no matter in whcih direction you cut.
Anyway, here is the result, next one is not going to be out of the same wood for sure. I finished it with tung oil. I apologize for tha bad quality of the pics.